Older Asus P8P67 with i7 3770K OC issues

[invizo]

Hello,
I used to have an i5 2500K with this motherboard http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8P67_PRO_REV_31/, I have since upgraded to a newer i7 3770K last fall (updated bios for it). It has worked great for games up until i started playing newer releases and Alpha/Beta tests; ArcheAge, ESO, Wolfenstein, and a few other large scale strategy games.

Old Rig:
Asus P8P67 Pro
i5 2500 Stock - Fan
nVidia 560TI x 2 SLI
8GB DDR3 1600
128GB Corsair Red SSD
@ 1080P

New Rig:
Asus P8P67 Pro
i7 3770K OC (~4.4 GHZ - stock voltages) - Closed-Loop Water Cooling
nVidia 780 GTX OC
16GB DDR3 1866
256 + 128GB Corsair Red SSD
@ 1440P


My biggest complaint is that the CPU usage tends to stay rather low along with the video card (30-60%) yet I cannot maintain 60FPS consistently (45-60 with occasional micro-stutters during heavy load). My issues feel almost feel like it is slow disk load, which is impossible since I tested my read/write speed to about 190MB/s.

ArcheAge and Wolfenstein will actually put my video card to 90% usage and I will encounter lower FPS compared to someone with the same video card.

Do you guys think it's the motherboard? Or is there some critical setting(s) in the bios I should check? I've heard that the newer Motherboards would better utilize my other components but I am not keen on investing another $300 for an old socket type. Thoughts?

edit: believe it or not, overclocking vs stock yields less than 5% difference in frames if any at all.

 

[Tradesman1]

What's your PSU?

 

[invizo]

What's your PSU?

A Corsair CX750 Power Supply - 750 Watts

 

[Tradesman1]

Should have enough power.....might try each card individually to see if one of the 560s is having a problem

 

[invizo]

Should have enough power.....might try each card individually to see if one of the 560s is having a problem

Those cards are long gone, I am currently using the new rig spec I listed above. I only showed the old rig to give an example of what I came from and what I upgraded to. My complaint is that the upgrade really did not net me very much and I have to turn my games down lower than GeForce Experience recommends I am suspecting the motherboard but cannot say for sure. The hard drives should be performing 2x faster, the video card is either not being used for some games or is being over-used in others (all with inconsistent 30-55FPS), can't run TXAA at all in any game, and other perks that other 780GTX owners have.